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    Jon Huntsman Reportedly in Mix for Secretary of State


    Jon Huntsman (AP)

    Saturday, 03 Dec 2016 10:39 PM

    President-elect Donald Trump's sojourn to a costume party was his only expedition on Saturday outside the Manhattan skyscraper that bears his name. He is expected to lay low the remainder of the weekend, before returning to transition meetings in New York on Monday and the next stop of his "thank you" tour in North Carolina on Tuesday.

    Trump is also still mulling his choice to lead the State Department, one of the most powerful and prominent Cabinet positions.

    According to two people close to the transition, Trump is moving away from two of the front-runners for the job, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee. Giuliani's international business ties and public campaigning for the job are said to have rankled Trump. And while Trump has met twice with Romney, he's said to be aware of the risks of angering his supporters by tapping a Republican who was among his fiercest critics.

    Former CIA director David Petraeus is still in the mix, though both people close to the transition said Trump's prolonged decision-making process has left the door open to other options.

    One of the sources said Trump was open to expanding his short list of secretary of State prospects. Among the possibilities: Jon Huntsman, a former Republican Utah governor who also served as the ambassador to China and speaks Mandarin.

    The people close to the transition insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the private process publicly.

    Trump also refused to answer questions outside the party about his decision to speak on the phone with Taiwan's leader, a breach of long-standing tradition that risks enmity from China.

    Trump's conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen drew an irritated, although understated, response from China, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday that the contact was "just a small trick by Taiwan" that he believed would not change U.S. policy toward China, according to Hong Kong's Phoenix TV.

    Chinese officials said they lodged a complaint with the U.S. and reiterated a commitment to seeking "reunification" with the island, which they consider a renegade province.

    After the phone conversation Friday, Trump tweeted that Tsai "CALLED ME." He also groused about the reaction to the call: "Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call."

    Trump on Saturday night attended a lavish costume party hosted by some of his most influential donors at their palatial Long Island mansion.

    Trump, who did not sport a costume, reveled with guests at the Mercer family estate for the annual Christmas party; this year's theme was "Villains and Heroes." When asked what costume he was wearing, Trump — who was sporting his usual dark suit — simply pointed at himself and mouthed "me."

    An invitation to the annual December party is a coveted ticket in Republican circles, never more so than this year. Several strategists who helped engineer Trump's upset win were attending, including incoming White House senior counselor Stephen Bannon and senior aide Kellyanne Conway. Conway was dressed as Superwoman; Bannon did not wear a costume.

    Both Conway and Bannon have close ties to Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of hedge fund manager Robert Mercer. The younger Mercer became one of Trump's leading and most influential donors and urged him to bring Bannon and Conway into the campaign in August.

    Rebekah Mercer, who ran a pro-Trump Super PAC, had compared the electoral race between Trump and his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton to an "apocalyptic choice," so the night's "Villains and Heroes" theme was perhaps fitting.

    The "Owl's Nest" estate was decorated with depictions of good and evil, such as angels and devils. Even the party staffers' costumes were split: some were dressed as Hell's Angels motorcyclists, some as Salvation Army volunteers.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hu...r.#Immigration

    From Wikipedia:

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    In June 2007, Huntsman joined other Western governors in urging the Senate to pass comprehensive immigration reform. In 2005, Huntsman signed a bill giving undocumented migrants access to "driving-privilege cards", which allowed them to have driving privileges but unlike driver licenses, cannot be used for identification purposes. As governor, Huntsman threatened to veto a measure repealing in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.

    Huntsman has stated support for a border fence, saying that, "as an American, the thought of a fence to some extent repulses me ... but the situation is such that I don't think we have a choice." In the September 9 CNN GOP debate, Huntsman suggested that the country needed more legal immigration, claiming that it will revive America's housing market, citing Vancouver's quickly growing real estate market as evidence. Huntsman also supports granting more H-1B visas to foreigners.

    Huntsman supported the DREAM Act which proposed a path to citizenship for young people brought to the United States by their parents illegally.
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    Strike Huntsman. He's a globalist open borders free trade monster.
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    No, we don't need any more people in power who want to cater to illegals or bring in workers to displace Americans.

    I'm not sure how it will 'revive' the housing market. He would have to be thinking the American government is going to purchase home for immigrants.

    That's almost as bad as Bill Clinton saying we needed to bring in more ME refugees and give them jobs in Detroit!!!!!

    My daughter lived in Utah for several years. We spend some months out there when her youngest was born.

    I think often of the man I saw selling his drywall equipment. He said he had been put out of business by the illegals. Of course, I have seen a lot of people who have lost their jobs, but here in Texas. It surprises me Utah is letting them in.

    It was election time when we were out there. There was a huge sign on a fence that stated (in Spanish), people should vote for so-and-so, because he was sympathetic to Hispanics. You know the translation of that.

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    OH PLEASE ...........

    What in the world is the Trump transition team thinking?

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    His daughter is the brunette on Fox and Friends. The one that jabbers all the time. They lived in China for years so maybe someone thought he knew the scene there and that might be of some value in working out better trade relations with China. But I think he'll be working on the side of China instead of the United States, so that is not the way to go in my view.
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    Excerpt:

    Border fence repulses me; inconsistent with America's image

    Huntsman said, "I hate the thought of a fence on the border. As an American, the thought of a fence to some extent repulses me, because it is not consistent with the image that we projected to the rest of the world. But the situation is such today that I don't think we have a choice, and before we begin the conversation of processing 11 or 12 million undocumented workers, we've got to secure the border. There's got to be an alternative rather than sending people back. That's unrealistic," he said.Source: William L. Houston on WesternYouth.org , May 22, 2011


    2008: GOP should tack to the middle on immigration

    A closer look at his record reveals a nuanced approach to Republican politics. Shortly after Obama was swept into office in a tidal wave of Democratic victories, the popular governor began articulating a new national vision for the GOP, one designed to appeal to all time zones. Warning that the party was losing young voters, he argued that Republicans would need to tack to the middle on three hot-button issues if they were to maintain national relevance: immigration, gay rights, and the environment.Today that strategy might seem out of step with recent GOP victories, but Weaver and many of his fellow moderates believe Huntsman is uniquely qualified to unify competing factions on the right and usher in a new era for the Republican Party.
    Source: Newsweek magazine, "The Manchurian Candidate" , Jan 4, 2011
    http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Jon_...mmigration.htm

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    Fox had kind words for Utah's new "driving privilege card system", which gives special driver's licenses to those who are in this country illegally:
    "He thanked us for compromising and continuing mobility in our state," Huntsman said.
    http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/003488.html

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    GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said today he's with his rival Rick Perry when it comes to providing in-state tuition to some children of illegal immigrants.
    "I don't want to punish young kids for the sins of their parents," said Huntsman, during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
    http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.WETDc63SZQ8

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    Huntsman doesn’t feel that deporting the illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. isn’t a viable solution to the immigration problem, saying, “There’s got to be an alternative rather than sending people back. That’s unrealistic.”
    https://www.usimmigration.com/former-utah-governor.html

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    Huntsman is weak.
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